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Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected by the paralysis. There

Former President John Mahama says he will legalise Okada operations if he wins power in December. According to the NDC flagbearer, even though the business of commercial motto riding is illegal in Ghana, it has created jobs for many unemployed young

The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all UN sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the notification to the president

The Ghana Health Service reported that eight more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, five more people have been reported dead from the virus, taking the country’s death toll to 261. The total case count of the highly

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John  Mahama, is proposing a debate of track record of delivery with President Akufo-Addo. Addressing the Chiefs and elders of Dzolokpuita in the Ho West constituency as part of his four-day tour

Ghana’s foreign affairs and regional integration minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has registered her displeasure at the coup d’état that erupted in Mali, describing the action as regrettable. Addressing participants at the extraordinary summit of ECOWAS heads of state and government on

Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Siberian hospital Thursday after falling ill from suspected poisoning, his spokesperson said.Navalny, 44, started feeling unwell while on a return flight to Moscow from

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday. In a televised address he said he was also dissolving the government and parliament, adding: “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power.”